Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 14:22:20 -0400 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Greg McPherran" <sw2@mediaone.net> Subject: Re: Your Mascot Message-ID: <20010812182448.7552C37B401@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 12 Aug 2001 10:51:25 -0400, Greg McPherran wrote: >I'm Greg McPherran. I am a software engineer - 17 years. I'm all for FreeBSD and am considering installing it. >I advise you to use a different mascot besides the little daemon. It's not good marketing. Also, you could spif >up your web site and really make it fancy. This will attract people to FreeBSD. As Microsoft knows very well, >it's not just the quality of the product - it's the presentation. FreeBSD is far superior to Windows in many ways. >Why not get the attention you deserve by marketing yourselves much better? mainly because freebsd is not going for mass appeal. just imagine how bogged this mailing list would be if every aol & yahoo mother got on and asked why windows disappear or asked what boot floppies were. also because freebsd is server software and most sysadmins are either aware of most OS and have a personal perferance, or run winNT because they are too dumb to figure it sucks or their company insists they run it. that and what so wrong with chucky? --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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